24:1
And Yehoshua gathered kol Shivtei Yisrael to Shekem,
and called for the ziknei Yisrael, and for their Rashim, and
for their shofetim, and for their shoterim (officers); and they presented
themselves before Elohim (אלהים).

24:2
And Yehoshua said unto all the people, Thus saith YHWH (יהוה)
Elohim (אלהים) Yisrael, Avoteinu dwelt on the other side of the
flood in old time, [even] Terah, avi Avraham, and avi Nachor: and they served other elohim
(gods).

24:3
And I took avichem Avraham from the other side of the
flood, and led him throughout all the Eretz Kena'an, and
multiplied his seed, and gave him Yitzchak.

24:4
And I gave unto Yitzchak Yaakov and Esav: and I gave unto Esav
mount Seir, to possess it; but Yaakov and his banim went down
into Mitzrayim.

24:5
I sent Mosheh also and Aharon, and I plagued Mitzrayim, according
to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you
out.

24:6
And I brought Avoteichem out of Mitzrayim: and ye came unto
the sea; and the Mitzrites pursued after Avoteichem with
chariots and horsemen unto the Yam Suf.

24:7
And when they cried unto YHWH (יהוה), he put darkness between
you and the Mitzrites, and brought the sea upon them, and
covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in
Mitzrayim: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

24:8
And I brought you into the Eretz the Emori, which
dwelt on the other side Yarden; and they fought with you: and I
gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and
I destroyed them from before you.

24:9
Then Balak Ben Tzippor, king of Moav, arose and
warred against Yisrael, and sent and called Bil'am Ben
Beor to curse you:

24:10
But I would not hearken unto Bil'am; therefore he blessed
you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

24:11
And ye went over Yarden, and came unto Yericho: and the
men of Yericho fought against you, the Emori, and the
Perizzites, and the Kena'anites, and the Hittites, and the
Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Yevusites; and I delivered
them into your hand.

24:12
And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out
from before you, [even] the two kings of the Emori; [but]
not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

24:13
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour,
and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the
vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

24:14
Now therefore fear YHWH (יהוה), and serve him in sincerity
and in truth: and put away elohim (gods) which Avoteichem served
on the other side of the flood, and in Mitzrayim; and serve ye YHWH (יהוה).

24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve YHWH (יהוה), choose you
this day whom ye will serve; whether elohim (gods) which Avoteichem served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or
elohim (gods) of the Emori, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me
and my house, we will serve YHWH (יהוה).

24:16
And the people answered and said, Chalilah(Far
be it) lanu that we
should forsake YHWH (יהוה), to serve other elohim (gods);

24:17
For YHWH (יהוה) Eloheinu, he [it is] that brought us up and
avoteinu out of the Eretz Mitzrayim, from the house of
bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and
preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the
people through whom we passed:

24:18
And YHWH (יהוה) drave out from before us all the people, even
the Emori which dwelt in the land: [therefore] will we also
serve YHWH (יהוה); for he [is] Eloheinu.

24:19
And Yehoshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve YHWH (יהוה):
for he [is] an Elohim (אלהים) kedoshim; he [is] EL Kanno; he will not
forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

24:20
If ye forsake YHWH (יהוה), and serve strange elohim (gods), then he
will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath
done you tov.

24:21
And the people said unto Yehoshua, Nay; but we will serve
YHWH (יהוה).

24:22
And Yehoshua said unto the people, Ye [are] witnesses
against yourselves that ye have chosen you YHWH (יהוה), to serve
Him. And they said, [We are] edim (witnesses).

24:25
So Yehoshua made a covenant with the people that day, and
set them a statute and an mishpat in Shekem.

24:26
And Yehoshua wrote these words in the sefer ha Torah
Elohim (אלהים), and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak,
that [was] by the Mikdash YHWH (יהוה).

24:27
And Yehoshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone
shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of
YHWH (יהוה) which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a
witness unto you, lest ye deny Eloheichem.

24:28
So Yehoshua let the people depart, every man unto his
inheritance.

24:29
And it came to pass after these things, that Yehoshua Ben Nun, eved YHWH
(יהוה), died, [being] an hundred
and ten years old.

24:30
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnat Serach, which [is] in mount Efrayim, on the north side of
the hill of Gaash.

24:31
And Yisrael served YHWH (יהוה) all the days of Yehoshua, and all
the days of the zekenim that overlived Yehoshua, and which had
known all the works of YHWH (יהוה), that he had done for Yisrael.

24:32
And the bones of Yosef, which Benai Yisrael
brought up out of Mitzrayim, buried they in Shekem (back, shoulder שׁכם), in a parcel of
ground which Yaakov bought of the banim Hamor ha av Shekem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the
inheritance of Benai Yosef.

24:33
And Eleazar Ben Aharon died; and they buried him in
a hill [that pertained to] Pinchas his son, which was given
him in mount Efrayim.